In Chapter 8 the animals are rebuilding the windmill to make it even stronger than before. Napoleon is no longer refereed to as Napoleon but now by "our Leader, Comrade Napoleon". Napoleon is involved in getting the Timber from Mr. Whymper but once he gets the Timber he sells the pile of timber to Frederick. The Animals find out that Snowball was not hiding on Pinchfield's Farm, and was never there in the first place. He was living at Foxwood, which was controlled by Mr. Fredrick. Once the windmill was built an attack came, the animals started to fight back. Many of the animals were injured, so they hid out in the barn, Napolean wasnt sure what to do.
Events/Symbols
Animal Farm
USSR
The Windmill l
Industrial Stalingrad
The Battle of the Windmill
Humans failed to take the farm back
Windmill destroyed, animals died
The Battle of Stalingrad
German failed to take over Stalingrad
Stalingrad destroyed
Alcohol+Laziness = Failure Mr.Jones was defeated when he was drunk
"Old "Russia=Corrupt Gov . a Gov drunk on Prosperity(a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, in financial respects)
Deal between Animal Farm and Frederick
Non-Aggression Pact between Russia and Germany
Mr.Whymper -Acted as an intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world in matters of trade. Represents capitalist who did business with the Soviet State, and the Human society.
Timber Deal- The Nazi-Soviet Pact.
Mr. Fredrick- A neighboring country, Nazi Germany.
Cockerels- Serves as an alarm clock for boxer. Napolean had a black cockerel who marched infront of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter (He would let out a cock-a-doodle-doo). The cockerel is a symbol of Napoleons authority; it makes him feel important.
the cockerel
Book Quotes
pg 76 last line
No animals shall drink alcohol to excess
The part in red was added to the original commandment by a pig, so Napoleon would not look like he was breaking a commandment
pg 73 first line
"What victory?" said Boxer
Boxer was not understanding how we had a victory, if the windmill was destroyed again.
pg 63 line 12 from the top
Somehow or other, the last two words had slipped out of the animals’ memory.
This displays how the animals were easily deceived,and how Napoleon manipulated the animals into thinking he was always doing the best for the farm.
pg 63 10 lines from the bottom
There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in Jone's day.
The reason why they overthrew the farm was to make things better, but it seemed to be just as bad as before.
Summary
In Chapter 8 the animals are rebuilding the windmill to make it even stronger than before. Napoleon is no longer refereed to as Napoleon but now by "our Leader, Comrade Napoleon". Napoleon is involved in getting the Timber from Mr. Whymper but once he gets the Timber he sells the pile of timber to Frederick. The Animals find out that Snowball was not hiding on Pinchfield's Farm, and was never there in the first place. He was living at Foxwood, which was controlled by Mr. Fredrick. Once the windmill was built an attack came, the animals started to fight back. Many of the animals were injured, so they hid out in the barn, Napolean wasnt sure what to do.
Events/Symbolsl
Windmill destroyed, animals died
Stalingrad destroyed
Mr.Jones was defeated when he was drunk
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a Gov drunk on Prosperity (a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, in financial respects)
Mr.Whymper
-Acted as an intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world in matters of trade. Represents capitalist who did business with the Soviet State, and the Human society.
Timber Deal- The Nazi-Soviet Pact.
Mr. Fredrick- A neighboring country, Nazi Germany.
Cockerels- Serves as an alarm clock for boxer. Napolean had a black cockerel who marched infront of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter (He would let out a cock-a-doodle-doo). The cockerel is a symbol of Napoleons authority; it makes him feel important.
Book Quotes
last line
so Napoleon would not look like he was breaking a commandment
first line
if the windmill was destroyed again.
line 12 from the top
10 lines from the bottom
Websites
http://www.realussr.com/soviet-union-timeline/
http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/summaries/animf.html#symbol
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/mwebb/animal_farm_by_george_orwell.htm
http://www.novelguide.com/animalfarm/summaries/chap8.html
http://markmcgivern.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/ishot-16.jpg
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prosperity
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http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/go-animal_farm.html
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